Anonymous,
What is unfortunate is the dissememination of incorrect information. Unfortunately your information is totally INCORRECT. There is indeed a test for HPV, at this point there are now several tests available to detect for HPV (DNA). The first one developed as by QIAGEN over ten years ago, (thehpvtest.com), one of the newest in cervista manufactured by Hologic and a newer genotype test called cobas. I wonder what your doctor would say about just what the "reflexive test" is when performing a woman's pap smear.
The problem regarding HPV is that it rarely shows symptoms so most people are not even aware they have it unless they have symptoms such as genital warts caused by low risk HPV and dysplasia and/or cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, anus and mouth by high risk HPV or it is picked up during routine screening usually during a pap smear.
HPV DNA inhabits your cells and omitting all the biology involved has properties that prevent the bodys tumor suppressor proteins from functioning. It basiclly becomes invisible to the immune system, and if invisible, it does not, at some point down the road kill off the virus. The virus can resurface months, years or decades later.
I don't know the sites you have gotten this erroneous information from but I certainly would like to and get them to correct this distribution of misinformation.
Simply going to (thehpvtest.com) will show prove that there is indeed an HPV test. Perhaps you should give this site to your doctor too if he told you there was no such test. I don't know his exact words and would give him the benefit of the doubt that there is some confusion in your understnding of his comments.
Comment Reply
Anonymous,
October 25, 2011 - 6:25pmWhat is unfortunate is the dissememination of incorrect information. Unfortunately your information is totally INCORRECT. There is indeed a test for HPV, at this point there are now several tests available to detect for HPV (DNA). The first one developed as by QIAGEN over ten years ago, (thehpvtest.com), one of the newest in cervista manufactured by Hologic and a newer genotype test called cobas. I wonder what your doctor would say about just what the "reflexive test" is when performing a woman's pap smear.
The problem regarding HPV is that it rarely shows symptoms so most people are not even aware they have it unless they have symptoms such as genital warts caused by low risk HPV and dysplasia and/or cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, anus and mouth by high risk HPV or it is picked up during routine screening usually during a pap smear.
HPV DNA inhabits your cells and omitting all the biology involved has properties that prevent the bodys tumor suppressor proteins from functioning. It basiclly becomes invisible to the immune system, and if invisible, it does not, at some point down the road kill off the virus. The virus can resurface months, years or decades later.
I don't know the sites you have gotten this erroneous information from but I certainly would like to and get them to correct this distribution of misinformation.
Simply going to (thehpvtest.com) will show prove that there is indeed an HPV test. Perhaps you should give this site to your doctor too if he told you there was no such test. I don't know his exact words and would give him the benefit of the doubt that there is some confusion in your understnding of his comments.
This Comment
Reply